Justin Morneau just went on the DL. Nobody else gets him now, either. So that's good. Right?

Bailey tonight, against a rookie the Reds have not seen before. Uh-oh.

Gonna have to carry me (again) re The Club, Mobsters. The sea has been overfished.

Now, then. . .

SOMEONE PLEASE TELL THE FAMER that vacation is over. Thank you.

TODAY IS MIKE BROWN'S ANNUAL MEDIA-HORDE GATHERING AND MOCK TURTLE SOUPFEST at which the Lord of The Men-or is guaranteed to speak publicly, perhaps for the only time all year. Mike has granted a few more interviews in the past few years, but generally only appears today, and on grave occasions such as that goshawful presser announcing MLewis' re-up a few years ago.

Which turned out fairly well, by the way.

Topics today will include an A. Dalton appetizer, followed by a lunch of A. Dalton with an A. Dalton salad. For dessert, a flaming Bananas A. Dalton.

The season is about one thing, and one thing only. Actually, it's not. This remains the best-talented group in the North, with interesting players and changed coordinators. But all that people want to talk about now is Dalton's deal.

The mortal-lock answer: They will get it done when both sides agree to the amount of upfront cash. The Bengals will try to limit their risk, for good reason. The Daltons want security, for good reason. I still say if I'm Dalton, I play this year without a new deal. But I'm not Dalton.

THIS ON RED, from Grantland's astute NFL guy, B. Barnwell:

Andy Daltonis the quarterback who nobody in football wants to admit they don't actually want. If you believe the inane platitudes about how football coaches want winners, you want Dalton! He's 30-18 after three years, and only Dan Marino, Matt Ryan, and Joe Flacco have won more games during their first three NFL seasons. The list of quarterbacks who have started a playoff game in each of their first three pro seasons only includes Flacco, Marino, Pat Haden, and Bernie Kosar. Dalton's yards per attempt and touchdown percentage have even made considerable leaps during each of his first three seasons, and he's never missed a start. And then, yet, just taking a look around the league, there might be … 26 teams with more viable long-term quarterback options than Dalton?

This is a lot like what I've always said about Dalton: Lots of the people who love him, don't watch him play every week, if at all. Sometimes, stats are for people who don't watch the games.

IT'S YOUR LUCKY DAY. Beyond the Stripes is back tonight at 7, at Moerlein. Come down and watch Paul Dehner Jr. tell jokes and balance a sword on the end of his nose. I'll be there to ask our guest, Hue Jackson, if he's familiar with this Dalton guy. New Bengals writer and Dehner aide de camp, Richard Skinner, will offer meaningful insight. The lovely and talented L. Patterson will ask intelligent questions of depth and relevance.

Come one, come all. As an added bonus, Pogo and Bengal Boy, i.e. Greg Byrne and Jeff Wagner, could make an appearance. They've agreed to sing and dance.

SOMETHING POTENTIALLY FANTASTIC… Some of youse might have followed the sad, happy, inspiring struggles of former Bengals LB Reggie Williams. Short version: 24 knee surgeries, osteomyelitis, last decade a long, lonely rehab effort to save his leg from amputation.

I did a story on him this time last year. I followed up last week, a year later. He has started to walk short distances without the aid of crutches, which is amazing. He has also said he wants to run again, which would be seriously miraculous. His stated desire is to make that first run across the turf at PBS.

A MUST-HAVE FOR YOUR BASEMENT BEER PARLOR… Leland's auction house sent me this:

From the very last game at Crosley Field comes this third-base bag, which is well-worn and boasts splendid use with plenty of spike marks and dirt on the top. The underside features a Cincinnati Reds Inc. metal identification tag and the top is also signed by then-NL President Warren Giles and dated June 24, 1970.

The current bid is $1,569.24. The auction closes at 9 pm 7/25. Go to their site if you're interested. If I had money I wanted to spend on memorabilia, this would be something I'd try to acquire.

SPEAKING OF. . . The Reds HOF and Museum gave tours last weekend of the Crosley Field site. They required mega-imagination, mainly because there's next to nothing there to commemorate the place.

Were people in 1970 just so ready to leave it they didn't care to remember it?

Most places where ballparks have been razed, there are plaques and such. Crosley, there is a parking lot and a building, I think.

So, OGs, tell me why no one around here thought to do better by such a beloved place.

CIGAR UPDATE, because it's my blog and I can write what I want: I take Lucy the Wonderdog to the park almost every day. Some days, there's a guy I've come to know there, who smokes cigars. Last week, he gave me one. Best reasonably priced smoke I've had. A Rocky Patel Connecticut. A Churchill, one of the long ones that make you look quasi-pretentious. I'd never smoke a Churchill in public, you know?

At the time of the incident, the Leon County Sheriff's Office said it would not speculate on whether Winston took the items -- $32 worth of crab legs and crawfish -- intentionally.

"People need to realize, when you suspend him in baseball, you understand how important baseball is to him? That cut his heart out," (FSU coach Jimbo) Fisher said Monday. "If it was done maliciously, we may have done other things. It was a silly mistake and not done with any malicious doing, and you don't punish a guy twice for the same crime."

If you're a Seminoles fan, does Winston's ongoing stupid behavior make you think twice?